विदुर उवाच स वै विश्वसृजामीशो वेदादीन् मुखतोऽसृजत् । यद् यद् येनासृजद् देवस्तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन ॥ ३६ ॥
vidura uvaca sa vai visva-srjam iso vedadin mukhato ’srjat yad yad yenasrjad devas tan me bruhi tapo-dhana
- vidurah uvaca
- Vidura said
- sah
- he (Brahma)
- vai
- certainly
- visva
- the universe
- srjam
- of those who created
- isah
- the controller
- veda-adin
- the Vedas, etc.
- mukhatah
- from the mouth
- asrjat
- established
- yat
- that
- yat
- which
- yena
- by which
- asrjat
- created
- devah
- the god
- tat
- that
- me
- unto me
- bruhi
- please explain
- tapah-dhana
- O sage whose only wealth is penance.
Vidura said: O great sage whose only wealth is penance, kindly explain to me how and with whose help Brahma established the Vedic knowledge which emanated from his mouth.